UN warns severe famine issues for poor nations

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Updated October 16, 2009 20:21:51

A new report from the United Nations' World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organisation, to mark World Food Day, has warned that food and economic crises have resulted in one sixth of the world's people going hungry and being under-nourished. Meanwhile, aid agency, Action Aid says millions have joined the ranks of the malnourished in economically liberal India in the past year. Peter Cornish from the University of Western Sydney has been leading an agricultural development project in East India, and says there's a dire situation unfolding in the area.

Presenter: Sen Lam
Speaker: Peter Cornish, East India plateau project leader, University of Western Sydney

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